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Islamic Copywork

An-Nawawi’s

Forty Hadith

Part 2

Translated by

Ezzeddin Ibrahim

Denys Johnson-Davies

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On the authority of Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings

and peace of Allah be upon him said:

Part of someone’s being a good Muslim is his leaving alone that

which does not concern him.

A good Hadith which was related by at-Tirmidhi and others in this form.

Hadith 12

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Hadith 12

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On the authority of Abu Hamza Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), the servant(1) of the

Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), that the Prophet (may the blessings and

peace of Allah be upon him) said:

None of you (truly) believes until he wishes for his brother what

he wishes for himself.

It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim

Hadith 13

(1) Anas ibn Malik, when still a youth, was employed by the Prophet as a servant and is the authority for many

Hadith. He is often referred to as “the servant and friend of the Messenger of Allah”.

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Hadith 13

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On the authority of Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (may the

blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:

The blood of a Muslim may not be legally spilt other than in one

of three (instances): the married person who commits adultery; a

life for life; and one who forsakes his religion and abandons the

community.

It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim.

Hadith 14

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Hadith 14

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On the authority of Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings

and peace of Allah be upon him) said:

Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day either speak good

or keep silent, and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day

be generous to his neighbor, and let him who believes in Allah

and the Last Day be generous to his guest.

It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim

Hadith 15

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Hadith 15

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On the authority of Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him), who said::

A man said to the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of

Allah be upon him):

Counsel me. He(1) said: Do not become angry(2). The man

repeated (his request) several times, and he(1) said: Do not

become angry.

It was related by al-Bukhari.

Hadith 16

(1) i.e. the Prophet.

(2) An-Nawawi, in his commentary, points out that anger is natural human trait and that the Hadith is an

exhortation not to act in a state of anger.

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Hadith 16

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On the authority of Abu Ya’la Shaddad ibn Aus (may Allah be pleased with him) , that the Messenger of

Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:

Verily Allah has prescribed proficiency(1) in all things. Thus,

if you kill, kill well: and if you slaughter, slaughter well. Let

each one of you sharpen his blade and let him spare suffering to

the animal he slaughters.

It was related by Muslim

Hadith 17

(1) See Note(5) to Hadith2

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Hadith 17

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On the authority of Abu Dharr Jundubb ibn Junada and Abu Abd ar-Rahman Mu’adh ibn Jabal (may Allah be

pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:

Fear Allah wherever you are, and follow up a bad deed with a

good one and it will wipe it out, and behave well towards people.

It was related by at-Tirmidhi, who said it was good Hadith, and in some copies (of at-Tirmidhi’s collection) it

was said to be a good and sound Hadith.

Hadith 18

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Hadith 18

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On the authority of Abu Abbas Abdullah the son of Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said:

One day I was behind(1) the Prophet (may the blessings and

peace of Allah be upon him) and he said to me: Young man, I

shall teach you some words (of advice): Be mindful of Allah,

and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will

find Him in front of you. If you ask, ask of Allah; if you seek

help, seek help of Allah. Know that if the Nation were to gather

together to benefit you with anything, it would benefit you only

with something that Allah has already prescribed for you, and

that if they gather together to harm you with anything, they

would harm you only with something Allah has already

Hadith 19

(1) i.e. riding behind him on the same mount

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Hadith 19

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prescribed for you. The pens have been lifted and the pages

have dried (2)

It was related by at-Tirmidhi, who said it was good and sound Hadith.

In a version other than that of at-Tirmidhi it reads:

Be mindful of Allah, you will find Him before you. Get to

know Allah in prosperity and He will know you in adversity.

Know that what has passed you by was not going to befall you

and that what has befallen you was not going to pass you by.

And know that victory comes with patience, relief with

affliction, and ease with hardship.

Hadith 19

(2) i.e. what has been written and decreed cannot be altered.

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Hadith 19

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On the authority of Abu Mas’ud Uqba ibn Amr al-Ansari al-Badri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:

Among the words people obtained from the First Prophecy(1)

are: If you feel no shame, then do as you wish(2).

It was related by al-Bukhari

Hadith 20

(1) i.e. from those Prophets who preceded Muhammad

(2) This Hadith is recognized as having two possible interpretations: a)that one may safely act according to

one’s conscience so long as one feels no shame, and b) that if one is not capable of any feeling of shame

there is nothing to prevent one from behaving as one likes i.e. badly

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Hadith 20

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On the authority of Abu ‘Amr – and he is also given name as Abu ‘Amra – Sufyan ibn ‘Abdullah (may

Allah be pleased with him), who said:

I said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me something about Islam

which I can ask of no one but you. He said: Say: I believe in

Allah – and thereafter be upright.

It was related by Muslim.

Hadith 21

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Hadith 21

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On the authority of Abu ‘Abdullah Jabir the son of Abdullah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with them both):

A man asked the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and

peace of Allah be upon him): Do you think that if I perform the

obligatory prayers, fast in Ramadan, treat as lawful that which is

lawful and treat as forbidden that which is forbidden, and do

nothing further, I shall enter Paradise? He said: Yes.

It was related by Muslim

Hadith 22

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Hadith 22

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On the authority of Abu Malik al-Harith ibn Asim al-Ash’ari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger

of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:

Purity is half of faith. Al-hamdu lillah (Praise be to Allah) fills the

scales, and Subhana’llah (How far is Allah from every imperfection)

and Al-hamdu lillah (Praise be to Allah) fill that which is between

heaven and earth. Prayer is light; charity is proof; patience is

illumination; and the Qur’an is an argument for or against you.

Everyone starts his day and is vendor of his soul, either freeing it or

bringing about its ruin.

It was related by Muslim.

Hadith 23

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Hadith 23